Accumulative Roll Bonding—A Review

Abstract

Different manufacturing processes can be utilized to fabricate light-weight high-strength materials for their applications in a wide spectrum of industries such as aerospace, automotive and biomedical sectors among which accumulative roll bonding (ARB) is a promising severe plastic deformation (SPD) method capable of creating ultrafine grains (UFG) in the final microstructure. The present review discusses recent advancements in the ARB process starting with the ARB basics, intricacies of the underlying mechanisms and physics, different materials, surface and rolling parameters, and finally its key effects on different properties such as strength, ductility, fatigue, toughness, superplasticity, tribology and thermal characteristics. Moreover, results of recent computational investigations have also been briefed towards the end. It is believed that ARB processing is an emerging area with tremendous opportunities in the industrial sector and ample potential in tailoring microstructures for high-performance materials.

Enhancement of mechanical properties for Mg-9Li-1Zn alloy by accumulative roll bonding

“…The mechanical properties of LZ91 such as hardness and UTS had been enhanced by more cycle number of ARB process. Such mechanical properties improvement on LZ91 are typical of the strain (work) hardening/ strengthening effects due to plastic deformation of this alloy leading to dislocation multiplication in each grain [28,29]. Microscopically, the finer fibrous structures shown in figures 5(c) and (d) are the evidence of higher plastic deformation and grain refinement.…”

Review on helium behaviors in nanochannel tungsten film

“…Due to the large amount of interfaces between the matrix and nanoscale dispersion, the dispersion-strengthen W based alloys such as W-V [12], W-K [13], W-La 2 O 3 [14], and W-TiC [15] have higher radiation tolerance than that of the pure W. The multilayer nanofilms (such as Cu/W [16], ZrO 2 /W [17], and Cr/W [18]) deposited by magnetron sputtering showed an excellent radiation tolerance owing to the introduction of interfaces. Encouragingly, the researchers have demonstrated this idea using the bulk nanocomposites through accumulative roll bonding (ARB) [19,20]. However, when the number of absorbed or annihilated defects exceeds their own sink strengths, the corresponding sink capacities will disappear and even lead to cracking due to excessive accumulation of defects.…”

A mathematical modelling of preheated accumulative roll bonded Al-Al2O3 composite sheet

“…Reduction in thickness and preheating temperatures are key parameters that control the preconditioning for successful bonding of Al/Al 2 O 3 layers. At higher reduction of thickness, the bonding strength between two layers of composite rises [10]. Very few papers demonstrate the ARB at higher temperature.…”